Former Location –
Another location that housed many clubs, as the Orphanage, this location hosted concerts from the Jerry Garcia Band, Sly and the Family Stone, The Charlatans and The Tubes.
Notable Concerts Held At The Orphanage:
10/8/1975 – UFO
8/30/1975 – Keith and Donna Godchaux Band
2/25/1975 – The Tubes
7/29/1974 – Van Morrison
5/14/1974 – Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band
6/27/1973 – Jesse Colin Young
6/24/1973 – New Riders of the Purple Sage
2/4/1973 – Jerry Garcia & Merl Saunders
The Orphanage
807 Montgomery Street
San Francisco CA 94133
My Dad owned the Orphanage. Invested in it because Von Seltzer married his 2nd wifes daughter, who talked him into it. It was a wild ride through the rock 70’s and I had the best damn times getting educated in not what to do. Places like this made San Francisco the magical place it was and still is.
SoI guess we are kinda related then. William was my father. I say was because he passed away last year. And yes, Cathy was of course my mother. Miss her dearly.
Hi, I used to work the ticket booth at the O. 1971 or so for over a year. I worked at most of the clubs in SF. I was the girl who took your money and explained ,more often than you think, sorry you’re not on the guestlist. Once one club found out that they were ending up with more money at the end of the night they started recommending me to each other.. I never stole money and frankly I felt I should be paying them for the music.
I was very underage but that never was an issue.
Did you ever go to the club?
Lol so you worked William vonsultzer?
My band ABEL was the band who opened the clip for William Von Sultzer and his wife. It was a great era for music with many musicians with the great bands of the times coming and sitting in. Loved the front of the stage with pillows for the audience to sit and check out the bands. Great era of music in the SF scene. Cats from Santana, Rolling Stonrs, Grateful Dead, Buddy Miles, sly, etc etc would hang out and many nights jammed with our band. We became somewhat of the house band with many other bands also becoming regulars at this HOT spot.
COMMENTrichard bean? saw you more than a few times in abel and maybe azteca and maybe malo. ahhhhhh, the good old days!!
My band ABEL was the band who opened the clip for William Von Sultzer and his wife. It was a great era for music with many musicians with the great bands of the times coming and sitting in. Loved the front of the stage with pillows for the audience to sit and check out the bands. Great era of music in the SF scene. Cats from Santana, Rolling Stones Grateful Dead, Buddy Miles, sly, etc etc would hang out and many nights jammed with our band. We became somewhat of the house band with many other bands also becoming regulars at this HOT spot.
I worked at the Orphanage in 1974-75. Saw everybody-it was a rockin’ gathering place of the music heads of the days. All sorts of acts played there. Fell in love w/John Lee Hooker, played w/Lynnard Skynner after hours, had a general hoot and holler time! Aw yes, those were the days!! Von Sultzer was a hustler (in the nicest sense of the word!) and loved his Rolls.
Video of the Orphanage can be seen in the Streets of San Francisco Season 1 Episode 2 (The First Day of Forever).
Cheers
I worked across the street as a Playboy bunny and my coworkers and I often visited The Orphanage after work. Great place.
My boyfriend Bill Morgan (North Beach Leather), true San Francisco citizen, knew most of the musicians who frequented the place and to my joy, introduced me to them and their grate music. Fun memories.